Tonight, Numb3rs finishes off its sixth season with episode 118, “Cause and Effect.” Will the show be back next season? A decision hasn’t been made yet but lots of people are betting that it will be cancelled.
Numb3rs follows FBI Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and his genius brother, Charlie (David Krumholtz), who helps the authorities solve cases with mathematics. The cast also features Judd Hirsch (as their father), Alimi Ballard, Dylan Bruno, Navi Rawat, Aya Sumika, and Peter MacNicol.
The series debuted in January 2005 and has long been a successful player for CBS on Friday nights. In season one, Numb3rs averaged a 3.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic and about 11.1 million viewers. They went up in season two, with an average of a 3.3 rating and 11.7 million viewers. Viewership has fallen since then however and last season, Numb3rs scored a 2.2 and 10.2 million.
This season, Numb3rs’ ratings have dropped further still — averaging a 1.8 rating and 8.26 million viewers each week. As a result of the decline in ratings, CBS (which is having a very good season) decided to cut back on the number of episodes and reduced their season order from 22 to 16 installments.
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The official reason for the decrease is that CBS had too much programming and needed space to try out new series. Next week, Numb3rs’ timeslot will be occupied by a new show, Miami Medical.
CBS has maintained that the fate of Numb3rs hasn’t been decided yet but, considering the series’ production costs and ratings, it seems fairly certain that the show is done.
In fact, ABC and FOX are betting on it. The networks have already cast Morrow and Krumholtz in new pilots.
Morrow will star in a dramatic pilot called The Whole Truth for ABC, opposite Joely Richardson. He’ll play a fiercely competitive and successful defense attorney who is close friends with his equally talented courtroom adversary (Richardson). Whole Truth is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
Meanwhile, Krumholtz has been cast in a comedy pilot for FOX called Tax Man. The project’s being produced by Ron Howard and stars Krumholtz as an IRS Agent who’s trying to find nobility in his work. Judy Greer recently joined the cast.
If CBS does decide to bring Numb3rs back for another season, both Morrow and Krumholtz will be obligated to return. However, the other networks wouldn’t cast them in new pilots unless they felt it was a very strong possibility that Numb3rs would indeed be cancelled.
What do you think? Would you like to see Numb3rs return for a seventh season or is it time to say goodbye to the Eppes?
Image courtesy CBS.
keep the show. It’s stimulating mentally, which is something people are missing from the other 90% of the junk that is on tv. cbs should look at cancelling csi miami if they want to cancel something. It’s very stale.
I love numbers!!! I want it back so badly.
It seems like all the intelligent shows are going the say of the ol’ variety shows and that is sad. For what….reality TV. Joy.
I love the show and looked forward to it every Friday. I miss it!!!! Bring it back!!!!! It’s a smart show – so few of them. Great characters, great issues, wonderful show!
Keep Numbers going! The characters and the premise of the show are delightful! It’s good to see the bad guys caught! It puts a different face on higher math! I recommend it. Hope they keep it! I agree with someone who said Old Christine was a dud. Numbers was fresh and the premise of the show “watching bad guys get caught through higher math and fresh reasoning” gives the white hats one better. Bring it back!
I absolutly think Num3rs should return. I look forward to watching the show on Friday nights or Saturday mornings if I DVR
CBS needs to stop cancelling good established shows, and replacing them with crappy shows that have no viewer appeal. Flashpoint was repetitive, Old Christine is not my idea of a good time yet they keep renewing that…Cold Case, Without A Trace, and Numb3rs deserved to be moved to better timeslots. Friday night might be great for a half-hour sitcome before people go out the door for a night, or switch to a movie channel…its not great for hour long shows. You’d think CBS would have figured that out, by now.
Any evidence they will show any episodes this Summer or after the pilot in that slot runs its course ? If not I’d doubt they would bring it back—i.e. determined to ‘move on.’+
Keep Numbers – love the concept of intelligence – never miss a show! Keep it, keep it, keep it!
plz bring numb3rs back I love the show and am just watching re-runs it’s one of the best shows on tv
I would love numbers to be back for another season. I would definetely watch it again its excellent
KEEP NUMBERS…………………. I really like this show, I hope they keep it..
i would love numbers to be back for another season. i would definetely watch it again its brilliant
I love “NUMBERS”! I miss it and want it back, PLEEEEEZE…………………………
Keep Numb3rs!! There are too many shows for dummies on TV. We need shows that promote intelligence!
I love Numbers! I want it to come back for another season!